Not sure about brackets, but teams have a 3 minute OT in pre-lims and if no one scores, it's a tie. Playoffs, they do an OT point (not sure if it's longer, can't remember) and if no one scores, then they do a shoot out, 5 1v1s.

__________________If ever there was someone to keep me at home, it would be you.

....I feel like if the 3 min OT point goes null they should go to 1 v 1 and determine a winner. It seems like the current policy encourages teams to not be aggressive at all, leading to a tie. A tie is as good as a loss and causes problems for brackets if multiple ties occur like I see right now...just a thought.

Not sure about brackets, but teams have a 3 minute OT in pre-lims and if no one scores, it's a tie. Playoffs, they do an OT point (not sure if it's longer, can't remember) and if no one scores, then they do a shoot out, 5 1v1s.

There was an onsite rule change that made it so there were no overtime points in prelims for divisional.

There was not. No O/T during prelims for divisionals was in the original 2013 rulebook. The on-site "change" was clarifying that the O/T remains sudden-death.

RaceTo-7 does one 3-minute overtime in prelims then it's a tie; all divisions have a 3-minute overtime in playoffs then go to the shootout.

- Chris

My b. saw it in my rule book as well as the dummary of changes. I just specifically rememberred seeing it on the handout they gave us at the event and said they were changes/clarifications as of that morning.

why was this rule decided? we couldn't get a few minutes to break the tie even in prelims? seems like the entry fees stay the same or go up, we play less paintball. less bang for the buck...

OT games have a tendency to go long. Previously it was an unlimited amount of time and there have been some that went for more than ten minutes. It creates a scheduling issue, especially in the prelims where there isn't much room for delays.